Savoy Estate
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
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Savoy Estate is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Savoy Estate | |
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  Savoy Estate Location within Gauteng  Savoy Estate Location within South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 26.131°S 28.080°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.49 km2 (0.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,532 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 47.8% |
| • Coloured | 3.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 4.0% |
| • White | 43.8% |
| • Other | 0.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 61.3% |
| • Zulu | 9.5% |
| • Northern Sotho | 7.7% |
| • Afrikaans | 5.1% |
| • Other | 16.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Syferfontein.[2] It became a suburb in October 1948 and was originally owned by M.A. Zoccola who was from the same region of the Savoy Royal family.[2]
It has traditionally been a centre for Johannesburg's Jewish community. Jewish residents made up 63.3% of the population in 1971.[3]
During the apartheid era, it was classed as a "whites only" area under the terms of the Group Areas Act. Since the repeal of the Act in 1991, the resident-mix has become more cosmopolitan.
